Date Day Start Time End Time Presenter & Copresenter Names Presentation Title

3/16/2015 Mon 8:30AM 9:15AM Opening Session 3/16/2015 Mon 9:30AM 10:45AM Dr. Donald Hernandez Disparities in Child Well-Being, and Promising Policy and

Programmatic SolutionsDr. Josh Cramer and Lisa Avetisian Growing a Stronger America - One Family at a Time

Elizabeth Atack How Do We Bridge the Language and Culture Gap? Library Programs for Immigrant and Refugee Families

Esther Prins "The World Needs Your Stories": Creating Digital Stories in an Irish Family Literacy Program

Deborah Paz Engaging and Empowering the Families of English Language Learners

Najah Callander Utilizing Community Partners in Family EngagementKathryn Bauchelle Student Centered Programs for Family SuccessLindsay McHolme Measuring Adult Literacy for Coalition Work Mari Riddle Using Technology to Teach Literacy: Connecting the Dots for Non-

Literate Spanish SpeakersLinda Nelson Bridging Families: The Family Together Family Literacy Project

Julie Baker Fink Developing a Literacy Blueprint for Community Action: Overview and Insights

3/16/2015 Mon 9:00AM 12:30PM Frank Ridzi and Joe Welsh Funder Huddle - The Challenges and Opportunities of Funding a Collaborative Community-wide Campaign (An LFN session)

3/16/2015 Mon 11:00AM 12:15PM Nicole Taylor Language and Literacy Practices Among Refugee Families

Dr. Jane Stavem Developing a “Warm Welcome” for Mobile FamiliesBetsy LeBorious How Welcoming Is Your School?Dr. Rebecca Palacious Using ABCmouse.com (Free Resource for Public Schools, Head

Starts and Libraries to Develop Literacy)Mary Flanagan Clare Family Learning Project: An Irish Approach - 20 years of

Innovation and GrowthMarjorie Sims The Two-Gen Playbook: Best Practices and Policy

Advances for Family LearningBrittany Pope Make Students the Stars: Moviemaking in the ClassroomDaphne Atkinson Doubling Down on PD: An Update on the GEDTS 2015

Professional Development Curriculum (GED Testing Service)

Emily Gesing Harnessing the Power of Community for LiteracyDonna Kirkwood Planning Group Meetings That WorkKathleen Satorious Combine Forces! Building Effective PartnershipsPam Taylor Family Literacy @ Your Public Library---How Do We Do It?

3/16/2015 Mon 1:30PM 2:45PM Shea Coughlin and Kara Davis Creative and Effective Ways to Sustain Your Program and Mission

Myrna Fragoso Academia de Padres Líderes Para el Éxito Estudiantil Amanda Bonds Try This! Activities and Methods for Preschool Parent

EngagementKristin Calder Growing A Coalition Through Civic EngagementSandra Strong Reading for Meaning--FluentlyJackie Cordova Ready to Read Using Dialogic ReadingDaphne Atkinson All About Scoring (GED Testing Service)Donna Kirkwood Using Role Play as an Instructional MethodRon Robertson Strengthening Preschool-K Alignment Through the HomeJanine le Sueur Building Capacity to Advance Literacy in Your Communities

3/16/2015 Mon 1:30PM 3:45 PM Nicole Robinson Houston Public Library: Linking Families to the World of Toyota Family Learning

SUNDAY

MONDAYREGISTRATION OPEN 7:00AM - 5:00PM

Concurrent Sessions

3/15/15 Registration Open 2:00PM - 8:00PM

Date Day Start Time End Time Presenter & Copresenter Names Presentation Title 3/16/2015 Mon 1:30PM 3:45 PM Donalyn Miller -- In Depth Session 1

(Book signing following)3/16/2015 Mon 3:00PM 4:15PM Nina Sazer O'Donnell National Results and Equity Collaborative’s New Guide to

Achieving Results for Vulnerable Children From Birth to Age 8 (LFN session)

Maureen Bish Engaging Dads Through EntrepreneurshipRachel Ray ILA: Taking it One Step FurtherAnn Marie Rios Adult Leadership Academy for Student SuccessKathy Smith How Can We Help?: Engaging FamiliesLinda Corbett Leveraging Literacy and Learning in a Digital WorldDianne Smith Reverse PACT Time for Parent and ChildJackie Cordova Listos para leer, utilizando la Lectura de DialogoJose Cruz Working Ideas for Your Literacy CoalitionFrank Ridzi LFN Business MeetingAaliyah Samuel First Things First Approach to Improving Early LiteracyMichelle Suarez Engagement+Effort=All Aboard!Mary Schultz Building a Financial Program for FamiliesMargaret Doughty The Tale of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

3/16/2015 Mon 4:45 PM 6:00PM Networking reception:Toyota Family Learning Showcase

3/17/2015 Tue 8:15AM 8:45AM Opening Session 3/17/2015 Tue 12 Noon 1:30PM General Session and luncheon 3/17/2015 Tue 2:00PM 3:30PM Featured Session Panelists:

Dr. Rhea Lawson, director of the Houston Public LibraryCarol Shattuck, president and CEO of the Collaborative for Children (Houston)Kent Oliver, director of the Nashville Public LibraryRenata Soto, executive director, Conexión Américas (Nashville)Matt Poland, CEO of the Hartford Public Library

Powerful Collaborations: Library-School-CommunityPartnerships (national webcast session at Julia Ideson Building)

3/17/2015 Tue 9:00AM 10:15AM Libby DoggettRocio Galarza Talk, Read, and Sing with Sesame StreetKathy Houghton Learning Disabilities and Self-DeterminationDolores Austin Reaching the '"One" With Technology in a Family Literacy

ClassroomMary Bridgforth Engaging Families in Learning Through Strengthening the Four

Components of Family LiteracyDr. Judy Cheatham Summer Learning as a Means of Closing the Achievement Gap:

The Recipe for SuccessJillian Davis Introducing the Library of Congress Literacy AwardsDr. Pamela Johnson Ready To Learn: Supporting 21st Century Parents & Learners

Meredith Levine The Future of Literacy in Libraries: STEM and BeyondSandra Rascon Family Service Learning: Strategies, Examples, ChallengesBob Paponetti and Kim Scott The Many Faces of Collective Impact: Literacy Coalitions (LFN

session)Cynthia Hutchinson and Terry Tusing Get Ready, Get Set, ExCELL: A Family Transition to Kindergarten

3/17/2015 Tue 10:00AM 11:15AM Joe Welsh How to Partner with Local United Ways to Create Collective Impact (LFN session)

3/17/2015 Tue 10:30AM 11:45AM Cheryl KeenanTonya Crum Fast Forward for SuccessRocio Galarza Hablen, lean, y canten con Sesame StreetKathy Houghton Written Expression DisabilitiesRegina Boulware-Gooden What Maximizes Preschoolers' Performance in Public Settings?

Concurrent Sessions

TUESDAYREGISTRATION OPEN 7:00AM - 5:00PM

Date Day Start Time End Time Presenter & Copresenter Names Presentation Title 3/17/2015 Tue 10:30AM 11:45AM Lori Jacoby Engaging Families in Powerful Learning Together

Margo Waddell and Cathy Miller National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) Preschool Model

Margaret Doughty Rural Innovations – the 4X4 Family Literacy ApproachDr. Jeri Levesque Family Learning Is Social InnovationDr. Susan Landry Closing the 30 Million Word Gap: How We Can Promote Healthy

Language DevelopmentSally McCrady and Andrea Brown PNC Grow Up Great + National Center for Families Learning =

Great Resources for Parents and Early Educators

Sandra Rascon Family to Family Mentoring TrainingJoe Welsh How to Partner with Local United Ways to Create Collective

Impact (LFN session)3/17/2015 Tue 2:00PM 3:15PM Sondra Stein How Parental Education Impacts Development of Adult Skills

Donna Elder and Brittany Howell How Key Shifts in ELA Affect Instruction for College and Career Readiness

Autumn Jackson English in the Schools: Empowering ELL ParentsVicki Clark Working Together: The Collaboration ImperativeDaphne Atkinson Let’s Talk about Evidence (GED Testing Service)William Mehojah, Sue Bement and Jagdish Sharma

Producing Results Through Parent Engagement

Jeff Conyers Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - A National Effort With Local Successes (LFN session)

Rose Gioia-Fine Families, Technology, and Early Literacy-How a Daily Ding can help Families Succeed

Corrine Ribble Catalytic Philanthropy: Investing in Coalitions for Impact (LFN session)

Anthony Gabriel Engaging African American and Other Minority Men3/17/2015 Tue 3:30PM 4:45PM Dr. Monique Sénéchal Starting From Home: Literacy Practices That Matter

Rick Donahue Improving Early Childhood Literacy Rates Through Parent Education in High Poverty Communities Across the U.S. - a Research-Based Case Study

Naomie Nyanungo Making Collaboration Work: Lessons From a Collective Impact Approach to Improving Adult Education Programs in Philadelphia

Sheri Elder Advocacy and Influence in TexasNilia Jimenez AVANCE's Intergenerational Approach to Workforce Outcomes

Daphne Atkinson Mathematical Reasoning: Mastering Word Problems (GED Testing Service)

Linda Kopecky Bright EYES: A Successful Early Childhood Literacy Coalition

Frank Ridzi Toward Evidence-Based Practice in Collective Impact and Coalitions (LFN session)

David Sisk Mobile Family EngagementMeghan Wells Launching Your Family Learning Initiative Using

PowerMyLearning®Sandra Strong Foundational Skills: Research Tells Us How

3/17/2015 Tue Evening Rodeo

3/18/2015 Wed 8:30 AM 9:15 AM Opening Session/continental breakfast 3/18/2015 Wed 9:30 AM 11:45 AM Annie Murphy Paul - 2nd In-depth

session(Book signing following)

3/18/2015 Wed 9:30AM 10:45AM Patricia Lovett and Andrea Brown Prepare the New Majority for School by Involving the Whole Family

Dr. Donna Ford Understanding and Supporting Low Income and Culturally Different Families: The Scholar Identity Model™

Candace Radoski First Book's Family Engagement ResourcesHannah McIntire Best Practices for Engaging Schools and Families

Concurrent Sessions

WEDNESDAYRegistration Open 7:00AM - 8:30AM

Date Day Start Time End Time Presenter & Copresenter Names Presentation Title 3/18/2015 Wed 9:30AM 10:45AM Katie Murphy The Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm for ELL Families

Kai Fai Steele Families in the Digital AgeMary Yarus Dyslexia 101Phyllis Hunter Change the Trajectory of Failure in High Poverty Schools with

Family EngagementCharlie Conklin Engaging All Sectors of the Community to Improve the Reading

Level of Elementary StudentsCarrie Wolk Promoting the American Dream Through EducationKim Scott Power of Partnerships: Coalition Building

3/18/2015 Wed 11:00AM 12:15PM Barbara Johnson Supporting Literacy Through Family and Community Engagement

Lidia Clarke Look Who's TALKingRandell Bynum Linking Family and Community Engagement to LiteracyMaria Cristina Cruz-Wiley Partnering with Parents to Build LiteracyKaren Kalish Parent Engagement and Effective Teacher Home Visits (An LFN

session)Kathy Stevens Growing the Capacity of an ELL CoalitionMaryann Ott The Summer Slide: One Foundation’s Approach to Making a

DifferenceAngela Webster Using Minimal Pairs, A Few Sight Words and Short Simple

Sentences to Help Foster Reading SkillsSuzanne Ludlum Increase Family Engagement Through Blended LearningElizabeth Garcia Reimagining Family Learning Experiences at the MFAH